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5 Question 300 words) Puma Designs hired a consultancy firm four months ago to redesign the information system that the architects use. The architects will be able to use the state-of-the-art computer-aided design (CAD) programs to help in designing the products. The consultancy firm has been instructed to develop the system without disrupting the architects. In fact, top management believes that the best route is to develop the system and then introduce it to the architects during a training session. Management does not want the architects to spend precious billable hours guessing about the new system or putting work off until the new system is working.

Required: a) Do you think that the management is taking the best course of action for the announcement of the new system? Why?
b) Do you approve of the development process? Why?

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Answer: Page 1 | As per the information given in the question Puma Designs a hired a consultancy ---- @ management is coorect while se desiging the information system, as it will be much have an automated system helping them out with the queisies and will save time in Selation to the research for designs and other information. With the ever evolving industrial envi- son ment it is important for the manca gement to keep up the pace in direction of development and improvement. It will help architects to analyze better on the basis of information easily avaplable to them and invest their precious hours in more efficient and effective manner I going forwardo . This will help in reduction of cost. as architects will be more efficient with the tasks assigned to them. Hence I announcement for new development is correct decision

o for development process management is planning to introduce the syctem only at the time of training see post development of whole plocess. To understand the development of the system following steps must be performed, 3) Peliminary analysis e describe costs & benefits. 1) Systems analysis, requirements defined: define project goals. *P?) Systems design: Descoibe featuces & operations. IN Development. The real code is written here. v) Integration and Testing: Boing all the prices together. vil acceptance, installation and deployment: . final stage of initial development. vii) maintenance System is propeoly assessed. wiri) Evaluation. Entice System developed is poopeoly evaluated. * To follow above steps it is necessary . to involve user in the process of development, one has to consider the outlining the system design (roccess t3) for the propose of integration and testing (process #5) we need user to get

involved as they have to ultimately use it going forward, it would best if they can give their opinion on working of system. Evaluation (poccess #8) of the perfoomance is also needs involvement of used as they are best judge of output . Considering above mentioned steps only getting involved at the time of training and not in development process might result in failure of the project which might be more of a cost than what cost is saved by not investing precious bellable houros of architects. *So, for development process they should povolve architects for sure. Please---- please kindly Up vete, thanks. - *-